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Programs are subject to change
Printable Schedule: SJCMS 2009 - 2010 Schedule (PDF)
Our 6 Subscription Concerts
Oct. 3, 2009
IMANI WINDS (Saturday evening at 8:00 PM)
Nov. 1, 2009
VERBRUGGEN - TINDEMANS - DUPREE TRIO
Nov. 22, 2009
AMERNET STRING QUARTET
Feb. 13, 2010
TAKACS STRING QUARTET (Saturday evening at 8:00 PM)
Mar. 14, 2010
TILDEN PIANO TRIO
Apr. 11, 2010
KUSS STRING QUARTET & pianist JON NAKAMATSU
Unless otherwise specified, concerts are held Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. at the historic Le Petit Trianon Theatre, 72 N. Fifth Street in downtown San Jose, 1/2 block north of E. Santa Clara Street. Each event begins with a pre-concert talk forty-five minutes before the concert.
October 3, 2009 - IMANI WINDS (special time: Saturday at 8:00 PM; pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 PM)
Monica Ellis, bassoon; Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeff Scott, French horn; Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
Program:
TBD, but will include traditional wind quintet literature, pieces their members have composed, and works dedicated to or commissioned by Imani.
Pre-concert talk:
Jeff Scott of Imani Winds
Exciting, innovative Imani Winds has won over audiences and critics across the country with their joyous energy and elegant virtuosity. Since 1997, the Grammy-nominated ensemble has created a unique presence in the classical music world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, genre-blurring collaborations, and inspirational outreach programs. New works by member-composers Valerie Coleman and Jeff Scott, and Imani commissions enrich the traditional repertoire. Their ASCAP-awarded programming combines ‘standards’ with new works, for an uplifting and captivating concert experience, wide-ranging its musical emotions. Koch Intl. Classics CDs.
"Imani Winds represents nothing less than the future of the once-quaint notion of the wind quintet." (Washington Post)
www.imaniwinds.com; allianceartistmanagment.com;
November 1, 2009 - VERBRUGGEN - TINDEMANS - DUPREE Trio
Marion Verbruggen, recorder; Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba; Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichord
Program: TELEMANN Trio Sonata in F; HANDEL Sonata in C, Op.1 #7; BACH Capriccio-Departure-Beloved Brother, BWV992; Sonata in G, BWV1034; Organ Trio Sonata in D, BWV529; MARAIS Book 3 – Pieces de Viole in A Minor; Les Folies d’Espagne.
Pre-concert talk: Roger Emanuels calartists.comRecorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen has earned an international reputation as a master of style on her instrument, a charismatic player who gives high-spirited and dazzling performances. In her hands the recorder becomes a sensuous expressive instrument. Harmonia Mundi and Erato recordings.
Margriet Tindemans performs, records, and teaches early music on four continents. A 2005 Grammy Nominee, she was named ‘Best asset to Seattle’s Classical Music scene’ by Seattle Weekly.
Seattle harpsichordist Jillon Stoppels Dupree has captivated audiences in London, Amsterdam, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Los Angeles.
‘If there is such a thing as an international recorder superstar, Verbruggen is it. The Dutch artist performs with astonishing virtuosity and nuance.’ (San Jose Mercury News)
November 22, 2009 - AMERNET STRING QUARTET
Misha Vitenson, violin; Marcia Littley de Arias, violin; Michael Klotz, viola; Javier Arias, cello
Program: HAYDN Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op.76 #4, “Sunrise”; MENDELSSOHN Quartet in E Minor, Op.44 #2; TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet #1 in D Major, Op.11, “Accordion”.
Pre-concert talk: TBD The Amernet String Quartet, all graduates of Juilliard School, has garnered worldwide praise and recognition as one of today’s exceptional young ensembles. The Amernet formed in 1991 and rose to attention by winning the 1992 Tokyo International Music Competition Gold Medal, the 1995 Banff International String Quartet Competition First Prize, and Grand Prizes at the Fischoff and Yellow Springs competitions. Resident quartet at Florida International University. Their busy performance schedule has taken them across the United States and to Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan, Korea, Mexico. They record on New World, Gasparo, and Centaur labels.
"A group of exceptional technical ability." (The Strad)
"Immensely satisfying... most notable for the quality of unjaded discovery that came through vividly... An accomplished and intelligent ensemble." (The New York Times)
Amernet.us
February 13, 2010 - TAKACS STRING QUARTET (special time: Saturday at 8:00 PM; pre-concert talk begins at 7:15 PM)Edward Dusinberre, violin; Karoly Schranz, violin; Geraldine Walther, viola; Andras Fejer, cello;
Program: SCHUMANN Quartet in F Major, Op.41 #2; James MACMILLAN Quartet #3 (written for the Takacs Quartet); BEETHOVEN "Razumovsky" Quartet in E Minor, Op.59 #2.
Pre-concert talk: Bill Meredith Recognized as one of the world’s premiere string quartets, the Takacs Quartet is renowned for its ability to create gripping, unified interpretations from four distinct expressive musical personalities. On tour and at their residency bases – Univ. of Colorado-Boulder, Aspen Festival, and Guildhall School-London – Takacs performs more than 90 concerts a year worldwide. Takacs premiered James Macmillan’s melodic 2008 Quartet #3 for the South Bank Center in London, where they are Associate Artists. Takacs members Schranz and Fejer date to its founding in 1975 at Liszt Academy, Budapest. Multi-award winning recordings on Hyperion Records – and previously Decca.
“The Takacs have the ability to make you believe that there’s no other possible way the music should go, and the strength to overturn preconceptions that comes only with the greatest performers” (Gramophone magazine)
takacsquartet.com; seldycramerartists.com
March 14, 2010 - TILDEN PIANO TRIO
Sarn Oliver, violin; Peter Wyrick, cello; June Choi Oh, piano
Program: BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op.70 #2; SARN OLIVER Piano Trio (Untitled) – premiere?; SCHUMANN Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.63.
Pre-concert talk: Bill Meredith The Tilden Trio formed in 2004 by three favorite Bay Area musicians and former Juilliard schoolmates. The Trio combines: Sarn Oliver, composer, former Santa Cruz Symphony Concertmaster, and since 1993 San Francisco Symphony violinist
Peter Wyrick, soloist, former Ridge Quartet member, now Associate Principal Cellist of San Francisco Symphony (and formerly of New York City Opera Orchestra)
June Choi Oh, prize-winning recitalist, and teacher at San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Dominican Univ. of California. The Trio has delighted local audiences on many Bay Area concert series, including the San Francisco Symphony’s own chamber series, and playing Beethoven’s ‘Triple Concerto’ with the Diablo Symphony.
“The Tilden Trio is now one of the Bay Area's most sought-after ensembles, and rightly so. It was a concert one won't soon forget. Future concerts by the trio shouldn't be missed.” (North Bay Classical Music)
April 11, 2010 - KUSS STRING QUARTET & pianist JON NAKAMATSU
Oliver Wille, violin; Jana Kuss, 1st violin; William Coleman, viola; Felix Nickel, cello
Program: MOZART Quartet in B-Flat Major, K.458, ‘Hunt’; BARTOK Quartet #2, Op.17; SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op.44.
Pre-concert talk: Roger Emanuels Pianist Jon Nakamatsu draws unanimous praise as a true aristocrat of the keyboard, playing with elegance, clarity and electrifying power. He has had a brilliant recital and concerto career worldwide after winning the 1997 Van Cliburn Gold Medal. But we treasure his chamber music collaborations the most. Harmonia Mundi recording artist.
The Berlin-based Kuss Quartet won first prize at Deutschen Musikrat (2002) and Borciani competitions, and was the 2003 “Rising Stars” selection by the European Concert Hall Org. (ECHO). Kuss has since been invited to such celebrated international concert halls and festivals as Carnegie, Concertgebouw, Wigmore, Edinburgh, Salzburg. They juxtapose/connect the ‘new’ and ‘classical’, seeking to restore the string quartet to the cutting edge of cultural and compositional life.
Sony BMG recording artists. Kuss Quartet: “...provocative, driving, impassioned playing…the purity of sound was almost heavenly...” (Houston Chronicle)
